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Sash with Flowering Plants

17th century
Not on view
Sashes like this one became popular in seventeenth-century Iran, where they were tied around the waist with the ends hanging down. The arrangement seen here is a common design, consisting of two end panels containing flowering plants separated by a field of narrow alternating bands of floral scrolls. Persian sashes were exported and became especially popular in Poland, one of Persia’s trading partners, where the wealthy elite wore them as accessories. The popularity of the sashes eventually prompted the founding of a number of textile workshops in Poland that produced local variations of the Safavid originals.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Sash with Flowering Plants
  • Date: 17th century
  • Geography: Attributed to Iran, probably Kashan
  • Medium: Silk, silver and gilded metal wrapped thread; taqueté, brocaded
  • Dimensions: Textile: H. 164 in. (416.5 cm)
    W. 24 7/16 in. (62 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Costumes
  • Credit Line: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1933
  • Object Number: 33.80.18
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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